@beelsebob,
What about the bulls
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Lewis Hamilton has won the Hungarian GP at Budapest after fending off challenges from both Lotus cars. Kimi Räikkonen finished second, a mere second behind the winner while the second Lotus of Romain Grosjean completes the podium in third place.
I honestly see the bulls as looking fairly week in all contexts at the moment, especially high speed aero. The only thing they're strongish at is traction, and spa really isn't a traction circuit at all.Shrieker wrote:Senna did a good job this weekend. He needs to do this more often though, if he wants to retain the seat...
@beelsebob,
What about the bulls
I honestly think the "kimi/lotus are in the ascendancy" thing going round now is nothing more than "ohh, the track was 45°C and lotus finished second"... It's happened twice before that the track has been 45°C, both times Lotus finished second. I would bet heavily, that unless they make significant changes to the car, they'll continue to finish around second if the track is hot, and around 4-6th if the track is coolerMestrades wrote:I think that the max candidate for the tittle championship is now Kimmi Raikkonen. Lotus has done an incredible car, they have experience and a driver that is incredible. For the next races they will implement their DDRS interpretation and I predict better results on Saturdays with this device
The grand prix is 71 laps long, both formation laps counted as part of the race, even if not racing. They don't extend the race because it would bugger everyone's fuel calculations.raymondu999 wrote:How come the race didn't do the 70 laps? Sure they had 2 formation laps - but I was unaware that a second formation lap meant a reduced race distance (in terms of laps run)
Do you realize how far off the points lead Kimi is?Mestrades wrote:I think that the max candidate for the tittle championship is now Kimmi Raikkonen. Lotus has done an incredible car, they have experience and a driver that is incredible. For the next races they will implement their DDRS interpretation and I predict better results on Saturdays with this device
One less than Hamilton.Pierce89 wrote:Do you realize how far off the points lead Kimi is?Mestrades wrote:I think that the max candidate for the tittle championship is now Kimmi Raikkonen. Lotus has done an incredible car, they have experience and a driver that is incredible. For the next races they will implement their DDRS interpretation and I predict better results on Saturdays with this device
The race distance is usually 70 racing laps at the Hungaroring, to cover the 305km race distance... The 1 formation lap they usually do isn't counted towards the 305km race distance. I know it would bugger with the fueling calculations, but... so does rain. So does safety cars, if you know what I mean.beelsebob wrote:The grand prix is 71 laps long, both formation laps counted as part of the race, even if not racing. They don't extend the race because it would bugger everyone's fuel calculations.
I have to agree. The Lotus still looks like it's solid but not that strong over a single lap, and in hot races they are able to use their better tyre life to overtake (either on track or through strategy) others that are struggling in the heat.beelsebob wrote:I honestly think the "kimi/lotus are in the ascendancy" thing going round now is nothing more than "ohh, the track was 45°C and lotus finished second"... It's happened twice before that the track has been 45°C, both times Lotus finished second. I would bet heavily, that unless they make significant changes to the car, they'll continue to finish around second if the track is hot, and around 4-6th if the track is coolerMestrades wrote:I think that the max candidate for the tittle championship is now Kimmi Raikkonen. Lotus has done an incredible car, they have experience and a driver that is incredible. For the next races they will implement their DDRS interpretation and I predict better results on Saturdays with this device
Rain and safety cars both lower the amount of fuel used, an extra lap increases it.raymondu999 wrote:The race distance is usually 70 racing laps at the Hungaroring, to cover the 305km race distance... The 1 formation lap they usually do isn't counted towards the 305km race distance. I know it would bugger with the fueling calculations, but... so does rain. So does safety cars, if you know what I mean.beelsebob wrote:The grand prix is 71 laps long, both formation laps counted as part of the race, even if not racing. They don't extend the race because it would bugger everyone's fuel calculations.
Rain and safety car help conserve fuel whereas an extra lap needs more fuel. The cars are fueled for the race distance plus 3 laps (Lap to make the grid, formation lap and victory/in lap)...an extra lap would require more fuel, which will bugger with the fuel calculations in the wrong wayraymondu999 wrote:The race distance is usually 70 racing laps at the Hungaroring, to cover the 305km race distance... The 1 formation lap they usually do isn't counted towards the 305km race distance. I know it would bugger with the fueling calculations, but... so does rain. So does safety cars, if you know what I mean.beelsebob wrote:The grand prix is 71 laps long, both formation laps counted as part of the race, even if not racing. They don't extend the race because it would bugger everyone's fuel calculations.
See this is what is absolutely ludicrous.Shrieker wrote:Senna did a good job this weekend. He needs to do this more often though, if he wants to retain the seat...
@beelsebob,
What about the bulls
